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pen-pusher

pen-pusher noun: a person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork.

Noun

pen-pusher (plural pen-pushers)

  1. (derogatory, informal, often) A person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork.
    • A pen-pusher in a Sixth ave. office said a coal miner is paid well. I asked him if he ever dug coal. Oh no!1925 June 21, “Letters: Miners Well Paid?”, in Pittsburgh Press, retrieved 21 Aug 2010
    • "I had to prove to people who were unimportant, who'd never achieved anything in their lives—the administrator, the pen-pusher—that I could fight."1988 Aug. 28, Trip Gabriel, Russia's Troubled Superstar," New York Times (retrieved 21 Aug 2010)

pen-pusher meaning in Tamil

pen-pusher in Tamil

கடின எழுத்தர்

Synonyms of pen-pusher

Forms of pen-pusher

pluralpen-pushers
alternative formpen pusher
alternative formpenpusher

Questions about pen-pusher

What does pen-pusher mean?
Pen-pusher means a person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork.
What is pen-pusher in Tamil?
Pen-pusher in Tamil is கடின எழுத்தர். See Pen-pusher meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pen-pusher?
Pen-pusher is a noun.
What is the plural of pen-pusher?
The plural of pen-pusher is pen-pushers.

Words near pen-pusher in the dictionary

  1. Pen-hsi
  2. pen-name
  3. pen-names
  4. pen-picture
  5. pen-pictures
  6. pen-pusher
  7. pen-pushers
  8. pen-tailed treeshrew
  9. pen-tailed treeshrews
  10. pen-torch
  11. pen-torches

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